Word scramble · Coding
Functions word scramble with a secret word · Grade 4
Unscramble 10 words about functions using the clues, then use the circled letters to find a bonus secret word. Practices spelling and topic vocabulary.
- Grade 4 · ages 9 to 10
- Hard
- 15 to 20 minutes
- 1 page
- Free
Goes with the game Robot Routes.
The answer key is a separate page for grown-ups. Sign in to download it.
The scrambled words and clues
Directions: Unscramble the letters to make a word that matches the clue. Write one letter in each box. Then copy the circled letters, in number order, to find the secret word.
- An input slot written in the definition
- A named group of steps you can use again
- Another name for a set of steps you can run
- Create a set of steps and give it a name
- The actual value passed in when you use it
- A puzzle-piece shaped command in visual coding
- The result that comes back
- 8. E · A · N · M
- What you call something so you can use it
- Send a value back to the code that asked
- A piece of a bigger task
- Secret word
What your child practices
Your child practices spelling and topic vocabulary. The skill is “Functions”: name a group of steps once and reuse it wherever it is needed.
- Grades and ages
- Grade 4, ages 9 to 10
- Time
- About 15 to 20 minutes
- Subject
- Coding
- Level
- Hard for Grade 4
- Answer key
- Yes, for grown-ups who sign in
- Printing
- 1 page, US Letter or A4, low-ink option
- Updated
How to use it
Read the rules at the top together and try the first step side by side. Use a pencil so mistakes rub out easily, and check every answer at the end. It is one of the harder sheets for Grade 4, best once the basics of the skill are secure.
An answer key comes with it as a separate page that grown-ups download after signing in.
Tip for grown-ups: Say the clue first; knowing the meaning makes unscrambling much easier.
Done on paper? A grown-up can record it on the child's page in PlayOwl; downloading alone doesn't count as finished.
Coding · Grade 4
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